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F. 0. MILLER & H. 0. PETERS.

CIGAR MOLD Patented Aug. 9, 1881.

Usrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDRIOK O. MILLER AND vHENRY G. PETERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-MOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,536, dated August9, 1.881.

Application filed May 12, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, FREDRIOK O. MILLER andHENRY G. PETERS, both citizens of the United States, and residents ofNew York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements iuGigar Molds, of which thefollowing is a specification.

()ur invention relates to an improvement in cigar molds; and it consistsin combining a series of cigar-molds to a press-beam so that one portionof the series of molds are attached to each other, so as to form thebeam of the press, held in a fixed position, while the other portion isconnected to the stationary parts by pressure mechanism, the movement ofwhich pressuremechanism opens and closes the molds and presses the bunchinto shape for cigars.

Another feature of our invention consists in so combining a series ofcigar-molds with each other that one portion of each mold forms the beamof a press, and the otherhalt' of each mold is moved up and down bypressure mechanism, so as to form the movable platens of a compoundpress.

Another feature of our invention relates to means used for uniting theseries of movable and tixed portions ofthc cigar-mold to the pressbeam,so that one portion of the mold is held in a tixed position and theother portion is adapted to be moved by lever mechanism; and it consistsof two sets of iron screws, one set passing loosely through the movableportion of the mold, acting as guiderods, and the other set of screwsfirmly uniting the stationary part of the mold to the press beam, so asto hold these parts in a relatively fixed position.

The object of our invention is to provide a series of cigar-molds which,united, form a compound cigar-mold press. 1

Another object is to connect a series of cigarinolds to each other andto the press-beam, so that the molds can be operated without the use ofa secondary press, one portion of the molds being stationary to form thebottom of the press and the'other portion being movable and themselvesform press-platens.

Other material advantagesin cheapness, simplicity, and durability areobviously obtained by the use of our invention.

Various other features of our invention will be more fully set forth inthe description of the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigarmold press embodying one of the forms of constructing our invention.Fig.2isa central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 isa'longitudinal elevation of another mode ofconstructingand operating ourpress, showing the molds open. Fig. 4 is an end view of the same. Fig. 5is a longitudinal elevation of the same, showing the molds closed. Fig.6is an end view of a modified form of our press showingthe molds closed.

A represents the press-beam. A represents a second form of press-beam,which is provided with a mortisein a center, through which passes thepitman or connecting rod. This the preferred form of making thepress-beam, as it permits the press mechanism to be centrally attachedto the movable portion of a cigar-mold which acts as the movable platenof the movable press.

Figs. 1 and 2 show a series of molds united to form acompound press, theparts of which are so attached that the matrix-blocks B are rapidlyattached to the ptess-beam A, so as to form the stationary portion ofthe presses, and the lid 0, carrying plungers c, is connected to thepress-beam A bymeans of crank-lever D and link E, so that the movementof the lever D raises or lowers the platen O and opens or closes themolds.

Instead of employing the crank-lever D and link E, a screw might passthrough the pressbeam A and be attached by a swivel to the upperplat-en, O, to operate the compound press, or other modes of applyinglever and screw power might be employed.

The blocks B and (l are made of wood, an d have plungers c and matricesI), made in the usual manner. These blocks B and O are shown to have buttwo plungers and matrices; but it is obvious that the blocks may be madelarger and provided with additional plungers and matrices.

F F represent screws, which are preferably made with a woodenscrew-thread, so that as they are driven in position they will out thefemale screw-threads in the wooden blocks B and into the press-beam A,thereby holding the parts A and B in afixed relative position. The holesf, pierced through the platen-lid O, are suflicientlyla-rge to allowthem to move freely over the rods F as they are operated by the pressuremechanism.

G represents a similar screw to the screws F. This screw G securelyattaches the series of blocks (3 in a fixed relative position to eachother. Holes 9 are pierced through the center of blocks B, and are mademuch larger than the screw G, so as to allow it to pass freely throughthe blocks B as the molds are opened and closed. The employment of thesescrews for attaching one portion of the mold fixedly to the press-beamA,and provided with a second screw to attach the series of platens in afixed relative position with each other, and so that they can slidefreely upon the other screws as guide-rods, is one of the importantfeatures of our invention, as it provides a cheap and secure means ofconnecting and holding the parts reliably in position for operation.

Figs. 3, 4, and 5 show a modification of our invention, in which thebottom or matrix portion of the molds is attached to the pressmechanism, so as to rise and fall while the lid or plunger part of themolds is in a fixed relative position with reference to the pressuremechanism. The top lid of the series of cigarmolds forms the press-beam.

K K represent wood-screws, which firmly unite and hold in a fixedposition the plungerblocks I, which are provided with plungers or cups0, made in the usual manner.

H H represent the matrix-blocks, which are provided with the usualmatrices b.

L represents a pitman, which is pivoted to the bottom block H, which ispreferably provided with a mortise,into which the pitman L projects.

It represents the pivot connecting the pitman L with the block H. Theremaining series of blocks, H I, are provided with mortises, as shown bydotted lines, Figs. 3 and 5, which are of sufficient width to allow freemovement of the pitman L.

M represents a bell-crank lever, which is pivoted between ears 0 of thecap N by pivotp.

n represents a pivot connecting the end of bell-crank lever M with thepitman L.

Fig. 3 shows the press-molds open. \Vhen the lever M is reversed, as inthe position shown in Fig. 5, the presses are closed.

It is obvious that the levers M and D may be made to have theirpivot-points pass the center and lock or hold the presses in positionfor retaining the bunches in the presses until they become set.

It is obvious that various detail changes may be made in the principleof construction and operation of our eiganmold, as the presserbeam A inFig. 1 may be dispensed with and the pressure mechanism be attached tothe nu der block B, in the manner similar to the attachment of theopposite part in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, in which event the block B wouldbecome the pressure-beam, and would be an equivalent for the beam A.(Shown in Figs. 1 and 2.)

Instead of employing screws to act as attaching and guide rods, plainrods, pins, or bolts or screws may be employed, and still the devicewould be substantially embodied in the first and second clause of claimherein.

It is also obvious that when a greater number of blocks, H I, are usedto form the press shown in Figs. 3 and 5 the pitman L need not bepivoted to the lower series of blocks, but may be pivoted to any blockabove it, as the raising of one of the series of blocks H raises all theseries.

We claim 1. A compound cigar-mold press composed of a series ofcigar-molds, each of said molds composed of two members, one member ofeach mold being held in a fixed relative position with respect to eachother, while the other members are loosely connected with the said fixedmembers, and are constructed and arranged to receive the bunches l'orpressing, act as press'platcns, and be automatically brought into andoutof contaetwith said fixed portions, substantially as described.

2. A compound cigar-mold press composed of two or more series ofcigar-molds, one portion of each being rigidly held in a relative fixedposition with respect to each other, while the other portions areconnected by pressure mechanism with the fixed portions, so that theoperation ofthe pressure device opens or closes the molds, substantiallyas herein set forth.

A compound cigar-mold press composed of two or more cigar-moldsorganized to be automatically opened and closed, one portion of eachmold being connected together and held in a fixed position by means ofscrews which also act as guide-rods for the movable portion of the mold,said movable portions acting as press-platens, substantially as hereinset forth.

4. A compound cigar-mold press composed substantially of two or morecigar-molds, one portion of each mold being connected together and heldin a fixed position by means of screws which act as guide-rods to themovable portion of the mold, which act as press-platens and are operatedby suitable pressing mechanism for automatically opening and closing theparts and shaping the cigar-bunches, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence oftwo subscribin g witnesses.

FREDltIOK O. MILLER. HENRY O. PETERS,

Witnesses:

HERMANN ALBERT, One. DIPPEL.

